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L :: L (n.) An extension at right angles to the length of a main building, giving to the ground plan a form resembling the letter L; sometimes less properly applied to a narrower, or lower, extension in the direction of the length of the main building; a wing..

Thrust :: Thrust (n.) A violent push or driving, as with a pointed weapon moved in the direction of its length, or with the hand or foot, or with any instrument; a stab; -- a word much used as a term of fencing..

Lengthwise :: Lengthwise (adv.) In the direction of the length; in a longitudinal direction.

Repass :: Repass (v. t.) To pass again; to pass or travel over in the opposite direction; to pass a second time; as, to repass a bridge or a river; to repass the sea..

Round :: Round (adv.) By or in a circuit; by a course longer than the direct course; back to the starting point.

Point :: Point (n.) To direct toward an abject; to aim; as, to point a gun at a wolf, or a cannon at a fort..

Direct :: Direct (v. t.) To determine the direction or course of; to cause to go on in a particular manner; to order in the way to a certain end; to regulate; to govern; as, to direct the affairs of a nation or the movements of an army..

Bid :: Bid (v. t.) To order; to direct; to enjoin; to command.

Drift :: Drift (n.) Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting.

Recurve :: Recurve (v. t.) To curve in an opposite or unusual direction; to bend back or down.

Conn :: Conn (v. t.) See Con, to direct a ship..

Battening :: Battening (n.) Furring done with small pieces nailed directly upon the wall.

Hodograph :: Hodograph (n.) A curve described by the moving extremity of a line the other end of which is fixed, this line being constantly parallel to the direction of motion of, and having its length constantly proportional to the velocity of, a point moving in any path; -used in investigations respecting central forces..

Counterpassant :: Counterpassant (a.) Passant in opposite directions; -- said of two animals.

Diverge :: Diverge (v. i.) To extend from a common point in different directions; to tend from one point and recede from each other; to tend to spread apart; to turn aside or deviate (as from a given direction); -- opposed to converge; as, rays of light diverge as they proceed from the sun..

Indetermination :: Indetermination (n.) Want of fixed or stated direction.

Maestoso :: Maestoso (a. & adv.) Majestic or majestically; -- a direction to perform a passage or piece of music in a dignified manner.

Isagogics :: Isagogics (n.) That part of theological science directly preliminary to actual exegesis, or interpretation of the Scriptures..

Taproot :: Taproot (n.) The root of a plant which penetrates the earth directly downward to a considerable depth without dividing.

Countersway :: Countersway (n.) A swaying in a contrary direction; an opposing influence.

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